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<br />Teresa Bender <br /> <br />From: <br />Sent: <br />To; <br /> <br />Margaret lee [margarellee@amblerllC.com] <br />Monday, October 05, 2009 1 :39 PM <br />mcapra@centervillemn.com; jpaar@cenlervillemn.com; <br />Ibroussardvickers@centervillemn.com; bfehrenbacher@centervillemn.com <br />dlarson@centervillemn.com; lbender@centervillemn.com <br />Water hook-up on Heritage Street <br /> <br />StreetPics. pdf <br /> <br />Cc; <br />Subject: <br /> <br />Attachments: <br /> <br />1ft, <br />!.-....I <br />= <br />StreetPics.pdf <br />(1,017 KB) <br /> <br />Dear Council Members, <br /> <br />Last week I received a "Participant Survey" in the mail from your office pertaining to a <br />grant to help pay for city water hook up in my neighborhood. First, I would like to say <br />that I'm not against this grant or potential improvements down my street. I live on <br />Heritage Road, east of Centerville Road. As you can see from the pictures of my street <br />(attached to this email), we are in dire need of attention in the oldest part of town. <br />Anything that would make my property more valuable will increase tax dollars to the city <br />and help me sell this home so my family can move into something that is more <br />accommodating. Which brings me to my problem. <br /> <br />My house is currently zoned mix-use, non-conforming residential. We have been held under <br />this non forming use since spring of 2006. Under this non-conforming use, I can't add a <br />garden shed to hold our winter and summer tools. I can't legally build an additional <br />bedroom, {for our growing family}. In essence, I canrt change the structure of the house <br />because of the redevelopment project. Now that the city's redevelopment plan is <br />indefinitely delayed, is it in the best interest of the residences of this neighborhood <br />AND the city to limit the value on cur homes through non-conforming use? <br /> <br />I also take umbrage with the fact that the city can decide to increase the value of the _/' <br />homes through their preferred spending (water hookup) but the home owners do not have this <br />right. If the city brings in city water to our homes, in the SPIRIT of the law, is this <br />not changing the structure cf the house? A house that may not even be here per the city's <br />plan? <br /> <br />The reason why my family has been uncomfortably living in this house and NOT investing the <br />much needed work into the home (more room needed, decks and exterior NEED WORK) is because <br />it's illogical to dump 20K or more into a house that is slated to be demolished. This idea <br />is not only wasteful but also foolish considering the likelihood of another buyer wanting <br />to pay for these renovations under the same restrictions. <br /> <br />I respectfully ask the City Council to consider giving me and my neighbors our home-owner <br />rights back so that we can spend our money as our family requires. I would also ask that <br />if you feel the need to bring city water to my/our homes please don't waste the tax <br />dollars that created these grants on services that might be replaced through a <br />redevelopment plan later. <br /> <br />Kindest Regards, <br /> <br />Margaret Lee <br /> <br />cc: Dallas Larson and Teresa Bender <br /> <br />This email has been scanned by the MessageLabs Email Security System. <br />For more information please visit http://www.messagelabs.com/email <br />1 <br />